The place chosen to give The last goodbye to the prominent human rights defender was the former Seré Mansion, located in Santa María de Oro and Blas Parera, in the Buenos Aires town of Castelar. For the farewell to Cortiñas political and human rights leaders passed by, in addition to militants and people who recognized the struggle of the leader of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
“Norita had undergone surgery on May 17 at the Morón Hospital for a hernia that was added to other pathologies that aggravated the condition,” her family said in a statement in which they reported her death.
“His special sensitivity and his undisputed ideology in defense of those who have less earned him the unconditional respect and affection of the people”expressed his relatives in the press report they made public this Thursday.
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In this sense, They stated: “We want to convey to you that Nora was accompanied and supported by the love of her family.” until the last moment and we appreciate all the expressions of recognition and affection that she received throughout her life, and that they lovingly embraced us in these very difficult days.
Mansión Seré was used in 1977 and 1978 as a clandestine detention center where the kidnappings in the western area of the province of Buenos Aires were carried out. The field, of 11 hectares, It was declared a national historic site in 2015.. According to the testimony of survivors, relatives and neighbors, it was learned that by February 1977 there were already kidnapped people in this place and that it was renamed by members of the force as Atila.
The property was in the hands of the Argentine Air Force until April 1978 and in the In 2000 it was converted under the mayor of Martín Sabbatella as the headquarters of the Human Rights Directorate. and space dedicated to recovering and exercising memory about recent history.
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Recognitions to Nora Cortiñas
Nora Morales de Cortiñas was recognized in the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires with the award Jorge Morresi “to the trajectory, commitment and defense of democracy and human rights”.
It was not the first time that the head of the founding Mothers of Plaza de Mayo received a distinction for her career as an activist. Among other distinctions, Cortiñas has three Honoris Causa doctorates for the Free University of Brussels In the year 2000, the University of Salta, in 2004, and the UBA, in 2012.
Cortiñas was a social psychologist and university professor at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Furthermore, she was one of the leading figures in the cause of those detained-disappeared during the last civil-military dictatorship and the illegal repression carried out by the State.
